| BDSL Power Index | |||||||||||||
| June 1984 | |||||||||||||
| Current | Ranking | Previous | through June 1984 | Power | |||||||||
| Rank# | offense | pitching | Rank# | + / - | Division | W | - | L | Win% | Index | Diff. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Fuller Furies | Weaver | 53 | - | 24 | 0.688 | 112.02 | -5.54 | - 14-12 is good for most teams but has to be a disppointment for FLF. 1-3 vs LDR? |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Bay City Barracudas | Anderson | 45 | - | 35 | 0.563 | 90.33 | 0.92 | - 3 straight months with 15 wins as Off continues to get better, now at #2. |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | Decatur Diamond Dawgs | Alston | 45 | - | 32 | 0.584 | 84.03 | 1.69 | - continue to climb thx to WAY better than expected Pch as they are keeping ball in park. |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | Thunderbay Black Jacks | Anderson | 43 | - | 33 | 0.566 | 83.70 | 5.04 | - Pch as expected imprv from #11 to #6 solidifying this tm as a contender. |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | (3) | Columbia Senators | Weaver | 41 | - | 37 | 0.526 | 83.54 | -10.86 | - 14-14 for the month as they were hurt by 5-9 on the road. Still expect a recovery. |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | Palm Beach Elks | Anderson | 43 | - | 35 | 0.551 | 83.54 | 1.33 | - from 9 wins in May to 19 wins in June, nice turnaround thx to Off heating up. |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | Oregon Pioneers | Alston | 43 | - | 34 | 0.558 | 83.54 | 3.26 | - Pch continues to imprv and success follows with 17 wins. Heading in right direction. |
| 8 | 14 | 2 | 5 | (3) | Sleepytown Dukes | Anderson | 39 | - | 37 | 0.513 | 82.48 | -0.15 | - 17 win month but falls 3 spots thx to other tms being alittle hotter. Right in the mix. |
| 9 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | Chicago Outlaws | Alston | 47 | - | 30 | 0.610 | 82.21 | 5.21 | - 18 wins and +5.21pts increase, lead us to believe they will be top 5 very soon. |
| 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | (6) | Barnett Shale Drillers | Alston | 37 | - | 35 | 0.514 | 77.00 | -6.70 | - Reality sets in? Off drops from #3 to #13 & they fall to #10 more in line with preseason. |
| 10 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 2 | New York City Commuters | Martin | 38 | - | 36 | 0.514 | 77.00 | 4.75 | - 14 more wins puts them in Div lead. Could reach top 5 before season's end. |
| 12 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 3 | LaGrange Lone Gunmen | Weaver | 39 | - | 35 | 0.527 | 75.34 | 4.88 | - Off continues to imprv as well as Pch as they gain on CLS in standings. |
| 13 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 6 | Toronto Crown Royals | Martin | 34 | - | 41 | 0.453 | 72.15 | 13.68 | - big imprv in Off from #14 to #8 translated to 15 wins |
| 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 0 | Kingston Thunder | Weaver | 36 | - | 41 | 0.468 | 71.91 | 0.12 | - stopped the bleeding but now needs to show imprv to get back into the race. |
| 15 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 2 | San Diego Aztecs | Martin | 38 | - | 37 | 0.507 | 70.30 | 4.58 | - imprv from #17 to #15 but loses div lead, barely. Should battle NYC rest of the way for div. |
| 16 | 17 | 11 | 10 | (6) | Savannah Shoeless Joes | Alston | 36 | - | 43 | 0.456 | 69.97 | -7.03 | - 3 straight months of 12 wins unfortunately June came with 16 loses. |
| 17 | 8 | 19 | 12 | (5) | Wellington Knights | Martin | 31 | - | 45 | 0.408 | 66.21 | -6.04 | - 9 spot drop after 2 mos leave them where predicted at #17. Not their year. |
| 18 | 19 | 12 | 16 | (2) | North Hollywood Hornets | Martin | 29 | - | 48 | 0.377 | 60.70 | -6.42 | - still no Off but Pch failed in June & results were disasterous, stick a fork in them. |
| 18 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 0 | Vegas Velvet Knights | Weaver | 24 | - | 51 | 0.320 | 60.70 | 0.42 | - more of the same and that is not a good thing. Only battle will be for #18 with NHH. |
| 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 0 | London Rippers | Anderson | 22 | - | 53 | 0.293 | 53.26 | -1.00 | - several teams heading south, but probably not fast enough to allow LDR to give up #20. |
| Top 5 Recap | |||||||||||||
| Fuller loses some fury in June but still retains the top spot by a wide margin thanks to #2 Columbia's even bigger drop. Columbia drops -10.86pts | |||||||||||||
| which leaves them in a 3-way tie for the #5 spot with Palm Beach and Oregon. The new #2 team is Bay City who move up 1 spot with plenty of | |||||||||||||
| distance between #1 and #3 for them. Decatur jumps 3 spots to take the #3 spot but is part of the 7-team pileup that are all within +/- 2pts of each other. | |||||||||||||
| Leaving the top 5 were Sleepytown who dropped from #5 to #8 and Barnett Shale who dropped from #4 all the way to #10. | |||||||||||||
| Other Items of Interest | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller remains as the #1 ranked offenses and the #1 ranked defense. | |||||||||||||
| * Fuller retains the #1 spot making it 4 in a row. Other than LaGrange in April 1983, Sleepytown has held the top spot every other time. | |||||||||||||
| * Sleepytown was the 1st team in BD*L history to be ranked #1 and win the Championship after beating #2 LaGrange in the 1983 World Series. | |||||||||||||
| * Oregon at #7 in 1982 is the lowest ranked team in preseason to make it to the World Series. | |||||||||||||
| * The worst a division winner has been ranked at the end of a season is #4 (NYC in 1983 and WLK in 1982). New York City currently leads Martin division but ranked #10. | |||||||||||||
| Notes: | |||||||||||||
| Teams on the rise: Toronto up 6 spots (#19 to #13), Thunderbay Black Jacks up 5 spots (#9 to #5), and Decatur (#6 to #3), Oregon (#8 to #5) & LaGrange (#15 to #12) up 3 spots. | |||||||||||||
| Team heading south: Barnett Shale (#4 to #10) & Savannah (#10 to #16) down 6 spots, Wellington down 5 spots (#12 to #17), and Columbia (#2 to #5) & Sleepytown (#5 to #8) down 3 spots. | |||||||||||||
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